Ukraine ends wheat harvest with production of 217 lakh tonnes

17-Aug-2024 05:03 PM

Kiev. The new report of the Ministry of Agriculture of Ukraine states that this year wheat was sown in about 48 lakh hectares in the country and after the completion of harvesting and preparation in the entire area, its total production reached 217 lakh tonnes.

In the year 2023 also, about 216 lakh tonnes of wheat was produced there. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, in the current year,

till August 16, a total of 285 lakh tonnes of food grains (including pulses) crops were produced in Ukraine, which included 217 lakh tonnes of wheat, besides about 4.59 lakh tonnes of peas and 55 lakh tonnes of barley.

The ministry has increased the gross production estimate of food grains crops from 524 lakh tonnes to 560 lakh tonnes, while the total agricultural production including oilseeds is expected to reach 770 lakh tonnes.

It is noteworthy that Ukraine is considered a leading exporter of maize in the world. Apart from this, it also ranks at the top in the production and export of sunflower. Other crops including rapeseed are also cultivated there.

Wheat, maize, barley, sunflower, peas and rapeseed etc. are exported on a large scale from Ukraine and the member countries of the European Union are its major buyers.

India imports a good amount of sunflower oil from Ukraine, while sometimes maize is also imported under the tariff rate quota system.